Re: What does gnus-browse-unsubscribe-current-group really do?

["Ted Zlatanov" <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Wed, 11 May 2005, dave@boost-consulting.com wrote:

> FWIW, this is in an nnimap group.

Right, I tested with nnimap too.

> It's happened with versions of Gnus from the CVS HEAD ever since I
> started using Gnus a couple years ago, and likewise with builds of
> Emacs from the CVS HEAD for the past couple years.
> 
> I use `^' from my *Group* buffer and then I put the point on my
> nnimap server and hit return.  Then I use 'u' in the... wait.  Now
> it's not happening anymore.  I do have two groups marked with 'K' in
> the left-hand column (what does that mean?), but the rest are either
> marked with 'U' or blank.
> 
> This is *really* confusing.

A cursory reading of the function in gnus-srvr.el indicates that a K
is normally not possible (only U and ' ' seem possible) but the code
does kill the group (which could generate the K) before inserting the
U or ' ' mark.

K means "unknown to Gnus, only on the server"
U means "Gnus knows about it, some state is saved, but it's
unsubscibed (level 5 I think)"
' ' means "regular group (level 3 I think)"

I don't think you have anything to worry about - this is hardly a
dangerous bug, it seems.

Someone with better knowledge of the gnus-srvr.el code should chime
in at this point.

Ted